Southern Tidings – The Southern Tidings is the official publication of the Southern Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists

The Demon of Unkindness

January 2022

Something has been infecting us lately, and it isn’t just COVID-19. It’s been around for much longer and has led to more death and destruction than even an epidemic. You can’t mask against it, and there is no tangible medical solution for it. To make it appear, you just need … »Read more

A Different Type of Community Engagement

January 2022

In late winter of 2019, at the request of Troy Brand, pastor of the Orchard Park Church, Chattanooga, Tennessee, the Sheriff of the Hamilton County, Tennessee, Sheriff’s Office started the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office Minority Relations Community Taskforce. The purpose of the taskforce was to begin solutions-oriented conversations with the … »Read more

Charles Edward Bradford, pastor, mentor, scholar, writer, the first president of the North American Division, a man respected in any boardroom and welcomed in any home, passed away on Thursday, September 9, 2021, in Huntsville, Alabama. He was 96.

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If My People Pray*

January 2022

Annie Pérez, Ph.D., prayer ministries and women’s ministries director for Florida Conference, was invited to join with a group of leaders from diverse faith communities on the steps of Orlando City Hall for a day of prayer and fasting against COVID-19. Jerry Demings, mayor of Orange County, and Robert Stuart, … »Read more